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Muscle Flap Moved To Cover A Wound

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 15736

Moves a piece of muscle, or muscle together with the skin and tissue over it, from one area to cover a wound that will not heal on its own. The flap keeps its own blood supply, which brings fresh circulation into damaged or exposed tissue and helps fight infection. The place the tissue came from is closed directly or covered with a skin graft.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Muscle Flap Moved To Cover A Wound cost?

$3,867

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,455$1,778 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,096 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,188Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 16th of 51

$3,867

$2,455 physician + $1,413 facility

AK $6,932DE $2,246

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.